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EU will not recall its ambassador in Damascus, ‘important to have people to follow the situation’

February 8, 2012, 2:48 am
EU will not recall its ambassador in Damascus, ‘important to have people to follow the situation’

BRUSSELS (EJP)—The European Union is not planning to recall its ambassador in Damascus like some of its member states did in response to the ongoing Syrian government repression against the opposition. The US closed its embassy in the Syrian capital followed by EU member states Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium. Read More »

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EU says it will continue giving money to the Palestinian Authority despite deal with Hamas

February 7, 2012, 1:48 pm
EU says it will continue giving money to the Palestinian Authority despite deal with Hamas

BRUSSELS/JERUSALEM (EJP)—The EU said it will keep on giving money to the Palestinian authorities despite their new deal with Hamas, an organization which is listed as a terrorist group by the EU. Read More »

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Hungarian foreign ministry condemns Jobbik MP’s comments questioning the Holocaust and comparing

February 7, 2012, 1:38 pm
Hungarian foreign ministry condemns Jobbik MP’s comments questioning the Holocaust and comparing

Jobbik MP Marton Gyongyosi questioned the number of Hungarian Holocaust victims and compared Israel to a Nazi system. BUDAPEST (EJP)—The Hungarian foreign ministry has condemned comments made by Jobbik MP Marton Gyongyosi, in which he questioned the number of Hungarian Holocaust victims and compared Israel to a Nazi system. Read More »

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Israel Prime Minister to visit US in March, will address AIPAC

February 6, 2012, 10:36 am
Israel Prime Minister to visit US in March, will address AIPAC

Netanyahu will deliver a speech at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby group that starts on March 3. JERUSALEM (AFP)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to visit the United States at the beginning of March, his office said on Sunday. Read More »

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Ehud Barak: ‘Time is urgently running out to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons’

February 4, 2012, 5:12 pm
Ehud Barak: ‘Time is urgently running out to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons’

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak addresses the annual Herzliya Conference on Thursday: “Iran is nearing the stage when it will enter the so-called “immunity zone” when it will be too heavily fortified for a military strike to succeed”. Read More »

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French railways hand over papers on WWII deportations

February 4, 2012, 5:00 pm
French railways hand over papers on WWII deportations

SNCF president Guillaume Pepy (L with Simone Veil, former President of the European parliament and Auschwitz survivor) admitted a year ago that the company had been “a cog in the Nazi extermination machine” during the occupation of France. Read More »

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Israel’s Lieberman to meet Clinton, newspaper reports

February 3, 2012, 8:16 pm
Israel’s Lieberman to meet Clinton, newspaper reports

The reported meeting would be the first since September 2010, when Lieberman made his first visit to the United States in his capacity as Foreign Minister. JERUSALEM (AFP)—Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington next week, the daily Haaretz reported. Read More »

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Death of Lee Zeitouni: French FM says two suspects must be tried in France, extradition to Israel

February 3, 2012, 5:12 pm
Death of Lee Zeitouni: French FM says two suspects must be tried in France, extradition to Israel

Israelis calling for the extradition of the two Frenchmen demonstrate in Tel Aviv in support of Lee Zeitouni’s family. PARIS (EJP)—French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said that those responsible for the death of Lee Zeitouni, the 25-yzar-old Israeli woman hit and killed by the car of two Frenchman in Tel Aviv in September, “must be tried.”. Read More »

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Seen today

February 3, 2012, 5:00 pm
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Jewish community officially recognized in Montenegro

February 3, 2012, 4:50 pm
Jewish community officially recognized in Montenegro

“This historic agreement was signed quickly and efficiently thank to the visit of Chief Rabbi of Israel Yona Metzger (L) to our country a few months ago,” Prime Minister Luksic said. At his side is also Chief Rabbi Joel Kaplan. Read More »

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Scuffles over extreme-right Hungarian theatre director

February 3, 2012, 3:20 am
Scuffles over extreme-right Hungarian theatre director

Gyorgy Dorner, an ardent supporter of the anti-Semitic and xenophobic MIEP, Gyorgy Dorner, an ardent supporter of the anti-Semitic and xenophobic MIEP, was nominated as director of the respected Uj Szinhaz theatre in October by mayor Istvan Tarlos. Read More »

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ‘well aware’ of Israel’s security challenges

February 2, 2012, 3:08 pm
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ‘well aware’ of Israel’s security challenges

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) speaks at a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (EJP)—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank and “to make gestures of goodwill toward the Palestinians. Read More »

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Sarkozy to re-draft Armenian genocide bill if rejected

February 2, 2012, 3:30 am
Sarkozy to re-draft Armenian genocide bill if rejected

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said a rejection of the bill by the Constitutional Council could open the door to questioning a law that penalises denial of the Holocaust. Read More »

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Anti-Semitic incidents fall in the UK by 9 % in 2011 for second year running but still

February 2, 2012, 3:20 am
Anti-Semitic incidents fall in the UK by 9 % in 2011 for second year running but still

Mark Gardner, CST’s spokesperson: “Anti-Semitism is not the most important feature in British Jewish life, but it remains a serious problem in some parts of society, and retains the potential to worsen significantly in reto external events. Read More »

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Islamists admit plot to blow up London Stock Exchange

February 1, 2012, 9:08 pm
Islamists admit plot to blow up London Stock Exchange

Mohammed Chowdhury, 21, and Shah Rahman, 28, both from London, admitted preparing for acts of terrorism by planning to plant an improvised explosive device (IED) in the toilets of the London Stock Exchange. Read More »

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After its historic launch in English, Jewish News One is now available in Russian language.

February 1, 2012, 2:50 pm
After its historic launch in English, Jewish News One is now available in Russian language.

JN1 went on air in September 2011 in English as a unique independent 24-hour global Jewish TV channel which presents news and events from a Jewish perspective, as well as views on contemporary affairs. Read More »

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UN leader calls for ‘goodwill gestures’ by Israel

February 1, 2012, 1:14 pm
UN leader calls for ‘goodwill gestures’ by Israel

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stressed the need for “the Israeli government to take some goodwill gestures so that these meetings can continue. Of course this will also require the Palestinian authorities to come to the dialogue table. Read More »

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Israel PM Netanyahu claims victory in Likud party primary

February 1, 2012, 1:12 pm
Israel PM Netanyahu claims victory in Likud party primary

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah were first in line to cast their ballots in Jerusalem as polls opened on Tuesday. JERUSALEM (AFP)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Tuesday’s primary of his Likud party over his sole rival, Moshe Feiglin. Read More »

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Vienna anti-ball protest like Nazi persecution, says Austrian extreme-right leader

February 1, 2012, 3:20 am
Vienna anti-ball protest like Nazi persecution, says Austrian extreme-right leader

“That was like the Night of Broken Glass,” the daily Der Standard on Monday quoted Heinz-Christian Strache as saying, a reference to the violent pogrom against Jewish businesses and homes in Nazi Germany and Austria on November 9-10, 1938. Read More »

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Israel and Germany to sign agreement that will support Yad Vashem’s Holocaust remembrance activities

February 1, 2012, 1:40 am
Israel and Germany to sign agreement that will support Yad Vashem’s Holocaust remembrance activities

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (picture) and Israeli Education Minister Gideon Saar will sign the agreement on Wednesday at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read More »

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EU leaders endorse oil and financial sanctions against Iran, urge all UN Security Council members to

January 31, 2012, 4:20 pm
EU leaders endorse oil and financial sanctions against Iran, urge all UN Security Council members to

EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy. BRUSSELS (EJP)—European Union leaders, who met on Monday in Brussels, did not only addressed Europe’s economic problems but also briefly discussed foreign policy issues. Read More »

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‘Iran’s state anti-Semitism is neglected by Europe’

January 31, 2012, 2:48 pm
‘Iran’s state anti-Semitism is neglected by Europe’

Ambassador Gideon Behar heads the Department Combating Anti-Semitism at the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. BRUSSELS (EJP)—Iran’s state anti-Semitism is neglected and even played down by the world. Read More »

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Canadian FM: ‘Israel has no better friend than Canada’

January 31, 2012, 1:16 pm
Canadian FM: ‘Israel has no better friend than Canada’

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. JERUSALEM (EJP)—Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, on a visit in Jerusalem, said Monday Israel “has no better friend in the world than Canada” and he characterized delegitimization of Israel as “the new anti-Semitism. Read More »

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Iceland’s Foreign Policy: Alone and Adrift

January 31, 2012, 11:04 am
Iceland’s Foreign Policy: Alone and Adrift

After Iceland’s parliament voted to recognize the State of Palestine, Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson proudly announced, “Iceland is the first country in Western Europe to take this step.” “Misstep” might be more accurate. Read More »

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Cash and a steady hand inch Mitt Romney to Florida Republican primary win

January 31, 2012, 3:20 am
Cash and a steady hand inch Mitt Romney to Florida Republican primary win

Mitt Romney appears destined to win Florida’s Republican primary on Tuesday. Photo: AFP Copyright 2012 FORT MYERS (AFP)—Mitt Romney appears destined to win Florida’s Republican primary on Tuesday. For that he can thank a potent mix of brutal attack ads against his opponent, a low-risk road-tested message and oodles of cash. Read More »

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Inauguration of new international seminars wing at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

January 30, 2012, 1:38 pm
Inauguration of new international seminars wing at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

Yad Vashem has become a world center for teaching about the Holocaust. Picture: the International School for Holocaust Studies. Read More »

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US Jewish leaders reaffirm efforts to secure clemency for Jonathan Pollard

January 30, 2012, 1:26 pm
US Jewish leaders reaffirm efforts to secure clemency for Jonathan Pollard

Jonathan Pollard has already served 27 years in prison, seven of them in solitary confinement. NEW YORK (EJP)—The leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations called once again for Jonathan Pollard’s release from incarceration after visiting him in the Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina. Read More »

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Catherine Ashton and UNWRA sign in Gaza financing agreement

January 30, 2012, 1:50 am
Catherine Ashton and UNWRA sign in Gaza financing agreement

The European Union foreign policy ch ief and Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton(L), and the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Filippo Grandi, Read More »

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Romania must recognize role in Holocaust, says president Traian Basescu

January 30, 2012, 1:40 am
Romania must recognize role in Holocaust, says president Traian Basescu

Romanian President Traian Basescu: “Acknowledging the tragedy of the Holocaust which made millions of victims among Jews throughout the world and the tragic events for the Jewish community in Romania represents an essential element for the evolution and the maturity of a democratic nation”. Read More »

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Israeli Minister: ‘It’s our obligation to support diaspora Jewish communities’

January 29, 2012, 7:38 pm
Israeli Minister: ‘It’s our obligation to support diaspora Jewish communities’

Yuli Edelstein, Israeli Minister for Public Diplomacy and Diaspora: “Still I am critical especially when I am in Israel towards the lack of interest in Diaspora Jewish life. Read More »

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Israeli Minister: ‘It’s our obligation to support diaspora Jewish communities’

January 29, 2012, 7:20 pm

“I brought her attention to the fact that unfortunately Muslim communities in many European countries are more and more exposed to anti- Israel and anti- Jewish propaganda,” he said in an interview with European Jewish Press. Read More »

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Speech of European Parliament President Martin Schulz at event marking International Holocaust

January 28, 2012, 3:32 pm
Speech of European Parliament President Martin Schulz at event marking International Holocaust

European Parliament President Martin Schulz addresses some 500 guests at the parliament seat in Brussels at an event marking International Holocaust Memorial Day. Read More »

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Thousands protest extreme-right ball in Vienna

January 28, 2012, 1:24 pm
Thousands protest extreme-right ball in Vienna

Protestors, some of them from other countries, most notably Germany, chanted “Nazis raus!” (“Nazis out!”) and held placards with photos of Holocaust victims and slogans reading “Don’t dance on my grave. Read More »

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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney mark Holocaust memorial day

January 27, 2012, 11:06 pm
Barack Obama, Mitt Romney mark Holocaust memorial day

WASHINGTON (AFP)—US President Barack Obama on Friday said “never forget, never again,” as he remembered six million Jews and others killed by the Nazis and marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “We commit ourselves to keeping their memories alive not only in our thoughts, but through our actions,” Obama said in a written statement. Read More »

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Turkish state television airs Holocaust film

January 27, 2012, 9:50 pm
Turkish state television airs Holocaust film

ANKARA (AFP)—Turkish public television has aired the first episode of an epic French documentary about the Holocaust, the first broadcast of its kind by national media in a Muslim state. Read More »

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Belgium commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 26, 2012, 3:18 pm
Belgium commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day

In the summer of 1942 until 1944, twenty-eight transports left Belgium with 25,257 Jews to Auschwitz, including 5,093 children. Only 1,205 people survived. Read More »

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Italian journalist convicted for criticizing caricature of Jewish MP: Ronald Lauder outraged

January 26, 2012, 12:40 pm
Italian journalist convicted for criticizing caricature of Jewish MP: Ronald Lauder outraged

Italian journalist and politician Giuseppe (“Peppino”) Caldarola who had written an article criticizing an anti-Semitic cartoon entitled ‘Fiamma Frankenstein’ was convicted. NEW YORK (EJP)— The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), Ronald S. Read More »

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German ‘Mein Kampf’ reprints to be blacked out

January 26, 2012, 12:30 pm
German ‘Mein Kampf’ reprints to be blacked out

British publisher Peter McGee, who planned to publish parts of the anti-Semitic book alongside commentary from historians. BERLIN (AFP)—Extracts from Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” will go on sale in kiosks in Germany on Thursday, but with the text blacked out after a court ruled that reprinting the Nazi manifesto broke copyright laws. Read More »

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Czech Republic to host summit on upgrading EU-Israel ties

January 25, 2012, 10:40 am
Czech Republic to host summit on upgrading EU-Israel ties

European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor (R) speaks at a press conference with Israel’s Minister for Public Diplomacy and Diaspora, Yuli Edelstein, on Tuesday in Brussels. Read More »

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Ashton in Israel: Iran takes centre stage in talks

January 25, 2012, 3:10 am

JERUSALEM (EJP)—”I believe in the future of your country. I believe the future of this great country lies in finding a solution in which Palestinian people can live side by side with the people of Israel under a solution that will bring peace and Read More »

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The new President of the European Parliament opens International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony

January 25, 2012, 3:00 am
The new President of the European Parliament opens International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony

BRUSSELS (EJP)—The newly elected President of the European Parliament, German Martin Schulz, paid tribute to the memory of the six millions Jews who were killed in the Holocaust, during a special ceremony at the seat of the EU institution in Brussels. Read More »

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Jewish newspaper editor resigns over Obama assassination column

January 24, 2012, 3:20 pm
Jewish newspaper editor resigns over Obama assassination column

Andrew Adler (picture) owns, publishes and edits the monthly Atlanta Jewish Times paper where his Jan. 13 column appeared discussing options that might be considered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read More »

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Netanyahu: EU oil embargo on Iran is ‘step in the right direction’

January 24, 2012, 3:08 pm
Netanyahu: EU oil embargo on Iran is ‘step in the right direction’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “It is necessary to pressure Iran very hard and very quickly and we must examine these sanctions in the light of their results. Until today, Iran continues to create nuclear weapons unhindered. Read More »

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Ashton prepares to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories as EU voices concern about ‘worrying

January 24, 2012, 2:18 am
Ashton prepares to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories as EU voices concern about ‘worrying

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton speaks at a press conference on Monday in Brussels after the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers. Iran, the Mideast and Syria were among the meeting’s topics. Read More »

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EU appoints German diplomat as Special Mideast Representative

January 23, 2012, 6:00 pm
EU appoints German diplomat as Special Mideast Representative

German ambassador to Syria, Andreas Reinicke, the next EU Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process. BRUSSELS (EJP)—The European Union Foreign Ministers on Monday appointed a German diplomat as its next Special Representative to the Middle East Peace Process. Read More »

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EU adopts oil embargo on Iran, new sanctions target sources of finance for Tehran’s nuclear program

January 23, 2012, 4:32 pm
EU adopts oil embargo on Iran, new sanctions target sources of finance for Tehran’s nuclear program

At a meeting in Brussels, EU Foreign Ministers adopted measures to ban imports of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products in the European Union. The prohibition concerns import, purchase and transport of oil ^products as well as related finance and insurance. Read More »

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EU FMs to issue statement saying Israeli settlements are ‘worrying development’

January 23, 2012, 11:32 am
EU FMs to issue statement saying Israeli settlements are ‘worrying development’

BRUSSELS (AFP-EJP)—European Union Foreign Ministers are likely to issue a declaration in which they express concern over Israeli settlements and call for the preservation of a viable two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at their monthly meeting on Monday in Brussels. Read More »

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Croatia to become the EU’s 28th member on 1 July 2013

January 23, 2012, 9:40 am
Croatia to become the EU’s 28th member on 1 July 2013

Croatia will be the EU’s 28th member state on 1 July 2013. ZAGREB/BRUSSELS (EJP)—Croatia voted on Sunday in a referendum to join the European Union in 2013, a vote that was hailed by EU leaders as “a clear signal to the whole region of South Eastern Europe. Read More »

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Jewish group disappointed with Thailand’s recognition of Palestinian state

January 22, 2012, 11:50 pm
Jewish group disappointed with Thailand’s recognition of Palestinian state

In a letter to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (photo) the Anti-Defamation League said that Thailand should not have acted prior to a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Read More »

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Palestinian convicted in US tourist murder in Israel

January 22, 2012, 10:50 pm
Palestinian convicted in US tourist murder in Israel

Kristine Luken was killed as she hiked in a forest near Jerusalem with her friend, British-Israeli citizen Kaye Susan Wilson. JERUSALEM (AFP)—An Israeli court on Sunday convicted a Palestinian man for the December 2010 murder of an American tourist, court documents showed. Read More »

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Dutch journalists face German trial for Nazi interview

January 22, 2012, 10:38 pm
Dutch journalists face German trial for Nazi interview

Former SS Heinrich Boere began a life sentence in December for shooting dead three civilians in Nazi-occupied Netherlands in 1944. BERLIN (AFP)—Two Dutch journalists accused of secretly filming an interview with a 90-year-old former SS assassin will stand trial next month on charges of breaching German privacy laws, a court said. Read More »

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Germany marks meeting that unleashed Holocaust

January 22, 2012, 1:46 pm
Germany marks meeting that unleashed Holocaust

German President Christian Wulff was addressing an event to mark the conference at a villa on the Wannsee lake on the outskirts of Berlin where senior Nazis adopted the “final solution” in January 1942. Read More »

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European Ire Has The Wrong Address

January 20, 2012, 6:44 pm
European Ire Has The Wrong Address

Once again—and in a big way—Europe has dropped the ball on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. The four European members of the United Nations Security Council: Britain, France, Germany and Portugal recently upbraided Israel for its settlement policies. Read More »

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US military chief in Israel talks amid Iran tensions

January 20, 2012, 5:06 pm
US military chief in Israel talks amid Iran tensions

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. JERUSALEM (AFP)—US military chief General Martin Dempsey on Friday urged Israel to keep the channels of communication open amid concerns the Jewish state could launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Read More »

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Obama: US-led sanctions reduced Iran’s economy to a ‘shambles’

January 20, 2012, 1:20 pm
Obama: US-led sanctions reduced Iran’s economy to a ‘shambles’

Barack Obama had previously been reticent in responding to Republican campaign attacks over his efforts to deter Iran’s nuclear program, but addressed the issue at a Jewish community fundraising event in New York. Read More »

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Israeli Prime Minister to visit Cyprus in February

January 19, 2012, 5:00 pm
Israeli Prime Minister to visit Cyprus in February

Israeli relations with Cyprus have warmed as the Jewish state’s ties with Turkey have deteriorated sharply. JERUSALEM (AFP)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Cyprus in February, an official said on Thursday, becoming the country’s first premier to visit the island nation. Read More »

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: new exhibition at Yad Vashem

January 19, 2012, 3:04 pm

The exhibition presents approximately 200 works from the Yad Vashem art collection that were created by Jewish artists during the Holocaust to document and commemorate their friends and acquaintances in the ghettos and camps. The portraits on display … Read More »

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day to be marked next week in the European parliament

January 19, 2012, 2:06 pm
International Holocaust Remembrance Day to be marked next week in the European parliament

BRUSSELS (EJP)—International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which commemorates every year the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp (27 January 1945), will be marked next Tuesday in the European Parliament in Brussels during a special event. Read More »

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Hungary PM likened to Chavez and Castro over controversial laws

January 19, 2012, 2:02 pm
Hungary PM likened to Chavez and Castro over controversial laws

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses the European Parliament in Strasbourg. STRASBOURG (AFP)—Hungary’s premier Viktor Orban rejected charges of authoritarianism while seeking to head off EU legal for flouting democracy in a fiery European parliament debate Wednesday. Read More »

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